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- Title
Investigating Erin Gruwell's Ambition in Richard Lagravenese's Freedom Writers Movie (2007) from Murray's Personology.
- Authors
Kinanti, Prima Indah Suryo; Amalia, Syahara Dina
- Abstract
This study aims to investigate the ambition of Erin Gruwell, the main figure in the film Freedom Writers (2007). Personology theory by Henry Murray was used to investigate the ambition values of Erin Gruwell's character. The researchers used a qualitative descriptive research, from which the primary data sources were selected from the script of the movie and the secondary data sources were selected from other sources related to previous research, websites, ebooks, and other articles. The researchers used document analysis to collect and analyze the data qualitatively. The objectives of the study were to identify how Erin's character is depicted through Murray's Personology, to classify the kinds of ambition needs faced by Erin, and to find out the impacts of Erin Gruwell's ambition reflected in the movie. The results of this study can be classified into three. Firstly, dissected from Murray's theory of personology, Erin's idis shown when she had a motivationto become a teacher, Erin's ego brought her to do something to realize her ambition, and Erin's superego continued to struggle for her goals. Secondly, the type of ambition needs depicted in the main character is psychogenicor secondary needs that contains achievement, recognition and exhibition. Thirdly, ambition led the main character to a positive direction and created impacts not only to herself but also to her surroundings.
- Subjects
PERSONALITY; AMBITION; LIBERTY; SECONDARY analysis; AUTHORS
- Publication
IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching & Learning, Linguistics & Literature, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 2, p284
- ISSN
2338-4778
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24256/ideas.v912.2279